what specifically is sucking for you right now? just for interest :) - h1ro
Twitter is really good. The problem is..all of the issues that aren't being fixed. - Candace Holly
I know the team claim to be trying very hard but I just can't believe problems like this can happen without poor management...wonder how their investors feel - Cains
is this a new bumper sticker you spotted? - gfurry
I completely agree, I am currently writing a blog post about demanding a greater level of service from Twitter. - pcnerd37
Of course Twitter's down, Mike, you hurt its feelings! (plays world's tiniest violin just for Twitter) - Mark Dykeman
If Twitter's the Bible, then FriendFeed's the Talmud. - Akiva Moskovitz
@pcnerd37 how do you "demand" anything from a free service? - Jeff Quinton
At this point, only Jesus (or your divinity of choice) could probably help them. - brian junyor via twhirl
The curse of popularity - what a nice problem to have! - Now they have money to rebuild.... - Craig Thomler
Twitter is only good because it was there first and has a nice userbase. I'd prefer FF or Pownce over Twitter. It's just a matter of time before Twitter sucks even more and everyone realizes the power of FriendFeed. - Michael Narciso
I wonder if anyone will be buying twitteriffic for iphone come july. - shaun mclane
I am following Jesus of Nazareth on Twitter. Scared to un-friend him. - Kreg Steppe
@shaun mclane - no one will be buying it for the iPhone because that app equally sucks as much as twitter. I always see an error message on it. - Michael Narciso
follow this dude: TweetJeebus he can get you out of your dependance on the other Jeebus. - JMac of Earth
FriendFeed will not dethrone Twitter. Twitter wins the simplicity battle, hands down. FriendFeed is only relevant for us geeks. - Spam
@Spam are you seriously saying Twitter isn't for geeks?? I think Twitter is for the ADD-tolerant, FF is for those who prefer coherent conversations. - Brian Carter
No one is on there anymore either - I used to get tons of responses, now it's trickles - Sarah Perez
Jesus was supposed to have come back from the dead. Not so sure about Twitter. Beginning to think that the same guys who do infrastructure and capacity planning at Twitter were the same ones who did the planning and occupation of Iraq in 2003. - Paul Denlinger
"exactly! I agree that blues will sound the same, but using the same words is ridiculous. I would have NO problem with this if they hadn't omitted the original writers. And adding them on the Greatest hits album is basically an admission of guilt. Sad thing is, the royalty checks started from the greatest hits album - no retro for the years before that album." - shaun mclane
Using it right now on my iPod Touch. :) - Raoul Pop
@Scoble: let me know what you think. I know you use FF a lot on your phone, and you are quite a power user, so I have a feeling you will have a strong opinion and/or notice things we left out. - Bret Taylor
I know you guys aren't out to compete with twitter directly, but putting that post text box at the top of the interface removes my last reason for twittering. - Robin Barooah
looks great but interested to know why you chose to remove the hide function. It would seem well suited to mobile browsing and removing the noise a little more on the small screen - Jon Dillon
Awesome job; renders well on my phone (a Moto Q9c) too - Benjamin Golub
@Jon: You're right, we should add that back in. - Bret Taylor
renders perfect. clicking youtube videos just work as intended... Here's a quick request. Search is at the bottom and scrolling endlessly to reach is a bit boring. Can you guys insert an anchor for a quick access to page bottom? And another anchor there for teleporting back to top. - Berk D. Demir via twhirl
again, enjoy the pic :) and the interface even more! - MG Siegler
Very nice. I'm also posting from my iPhone. FF lends itself well to mobile use. - Chris Baskind
The anchor to jump to the bottom would be nice. Tip: On any web page you can tap the 'status bar' at the top of the screen to jump up to the top of the page. - Kevin Fox
I don't want to take credit for this or anything, but I just did ask about this today. I'm kidding by the way. - Johnny Baker
This works REALLY WELL in a sidebar or Fluid App site specific browser. WAY better than the googlegadget URL we've been using. This interface in Fluid is my new favorite way to interact with FriendFeed. It's teh Awesome! Thanks! :-) - Josh Bancroft
this is AWESOME - posting from my touch! - Charles Hudson
A much needed improvement. This will be awesome on a 3G iPhone as well. - Chris Rodgers
i'd still like to see the Comment/Like buttons made a little bit easier to hit. They have close proximity to the article link and using a finger isn't as accurate as a cursor. - Jamie
Yeah, I just started using friendfeed today and can't see how you guys/gals did without this spiffy interface. Rocks! - Christopher Medina
It looks fantastic, thanks guys it's a great job. FriendFeed is now even more useful. - fbrunel
I would love the option to run links through the Google transcoder. FFtoGo has that and it's invaluable. - Steve Rubel
You can also use http://tiltview.com to view the iPhone version of the site from your computer or other mobile phones . You need to select iPhone as a mobile type. - seman
Love it! As soon as I open up the MBP I'm going to fire up Fluid.app and make a menu app with the iPhone interface. - Ryan Cates
Seesmic videos could theorically been played on an iPhone. The Seesmic API also provides a link to the video in MP4, that's would be awesome to do that in the FriendFeed iPhone interface. - fbrunel
Why do the "comment" and "like" links the load after the rest of the page? I almost missed them with EDGE's slow data. - Frankie Warren
awesome! Anyone else want a bit more space around the "comment" and "like" links? I mis-poked on my first attempt. - Kelly Norton
So awesome, great work! I love it. I'm sure you're aware but longer (horizontally) posts, such as those with multiple photos, do funky things to the layout. - Jake
@Jake, et al: we will do some work for posts with a lot of media to make it work better. Thanks for the feedback. - Bret Taylor
It looks like the UAT testing with Scoble and team worked marvelously well - nice job Bret!! :*) - Susan Beebe
I am back to the old version too. I miss Everyone tab, Search, and Hide features - Robert Scoble
i agree with one of the comments. why a separate blog to capture comments - get them all using FF. easier to follow discussion. iphone interface looks great - i think i'm going to find myself using it a lot on my phone - naveen
Awsome! It just needs search and it would be perfect!
As far as the old interface went, it was pretty good for the iPhone as well. - darnell
@Scoble: thanks for the feedback. They were known problems, but I think we can find the space to fit them in. Search is at the botto of every page, FYI. - Bret Taylor
Very nice. Much prefer it to FFtogo ... - Patrick Jordan
Very nice. However, on the iPhone it's very easy to jump to the top of the page (just tap the top bar) and very hard to get to the bottom of a long page (lots of scrolling). Can search be moved to the top? - Stephen Mack
Very nice. Makes it much more useful on my iPhone. Like the picture option... - simonpure
I agree with Stephen about "search". It's been quite the workout on the thumbs. - m.0
"ha ha. Thanks. And yes, the pentatonic blues scale - actually anything played in a 12 bar blues, sounds similar, but when the exact words are used, that's a different story. I was a musician for 19 years, and I tend to think that it takes a great deal of talent to find the right song to emulate (steal, whatever). I think this would have all been overlooked had the writing credit been given - who actually reads that stuff anyway?" - shaun mclane
"The thing is... they didn't "openly admit" anything. They did NOT show writing credit until the greatest hits album was released, and even then, not all of the original artists were mentioned." - shaun mclane
also working: red, blue, light, tree, planet - Veronica
Holy shit, my first thought before reading the other comments was that it might be a free energy device... Typed 'energy', it worked. Solar, power, and environment then worked too. We're getting somewhere. - Vincent X
if this is an ad for BP I'm going to be pissed. - Veronica
Al Gore also works. I'm not kidding. - Leo Laporte
oh, it's gotta be a game show! so, it's an online video show about global warming/the environment / renewable resources that could possibly also be a game show. hmmm... - Veronica
Uh-oh. Type 'Sharp Aquos'. (someone mentioned that on Digg) It better not be a new TV. Ooooh, just found out that Sharp are developping solar power generation systems. Hmmm. http://sharp-world.com/solar/ - Vincent X
HAH! I looked up domain name records, the domain name was registered by an advertising agency called Lowe Worldwide. Then did some research, and found this in a 2007 press release: "Sharp Electronics Corp. is close to shifting the global advertising account for Aquos LCD TVs to Interpublic Group of Cos.' Lowe Worldwide, New York, from independent Wieden & Kennedy, according to executives familiar with the situation." - Vincent X
somehow I feel a little let down. my life is pretty much the same now. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
i was hoping it would be something more exciting - Grant
Oh no, change worked...the box is going to assimilate us 8( - Sean Dunn
There's a huge risk to playing this viral marketing game. Piss off the players and you're toast. - Leo Laporte
Same here, Grant. I still have hopes though that it could be a free energy device invented by Al Gore and produced in partnership with Sharp Electronics that will change the course of history, end our dependency on non-renewable fuels, cure cancer and bring about a new golden age for humankind. - Vincent X
I put "air" and it turned into a glowing ball. WTF? - shaun mclane
HD and high definition give a response. Vincent X FTW, btw. - Bruce Turner
I guess if its like Gore's other invention (the internet) we have something to look forward to:) - Grant via twhirl
so each category prompts a different response...and now the fun is gone and it doesn't really reward the user - Marc Vermut via twhirl
Veronica, how did you find this? And isn't it amazing how quickly the community took it apart? - Marc Vermut via twhirl
The domain is registered to Lowe Worldwide, an agency specializing in creative development. Their clients include Saab, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia, GMC and others. I couldn't find Apple on any of the lists so I'll throw my 2 cents and say that this is Nokia related, the iPhone 3G wannabe killer. - Mirko Zorz
ahhh good call on the code! now we have all the words! it's gotta be for the TVs. - Veronica
movies, music, video.. etc.. anything around media - InsaneNinja
That was fun while it lasted. Crowd-sourcing at its best. - Brian
epiphany: a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. (Which happens a lot online thanks my social network! - paisano via twhirl
We're using http://Atlassian.com JIRA (issue / bug tracking with priority) and Confluence wiki - both are well integrated products that are HIGHLY customizable (maybe too much soo). - Susan Beebe
Is there a web tie-in for OpenProj that someone was working on? - Steve Lynch via Alert Thingy
@thomas - I said the same thing above :) - MG Siegler
drupal could do it but would involve some work. the advantage would mainly be tweaking it to your specific needs. also check out tasks pro http://www.taskspro.com - Scott Cropper via NoiseRiver
Agree with everyone else who recommends basecamp. The API is pretty good. BCtoolkits.com is a service (still in alpha) for advanced reporting. Disclaimer. I work at the agency that built it. :) - Gez
ok, we have a winner, we are going with Unfuddle, it does everything we want it to and more, plus it includes SVN repositories: http://unfuddle.com (big thanks to Jason Wehmhoener for the suggestion) - Scott Beale
Phew, I was worried I was going to have to click on all those links to find out what I'm missing ;-) Great thread though, saved for future reference. - Jason Wehmhoener
Jason, we've been on the search for 4 years now & Unfuddle is what we've been looking for. We're even going to move our internal wiki over to it. - Scott Beale
I've been a Project Manager for several dotcoms for over 10 years. I've used a server based deployment of MS Project, I've used Basecamp, and several other systems. I had the same needs Scott posted above and after doing research landed on a wonderful system called http://clockingit.com. It can be run as a free hosted service or you can download it and run it yourself. I HIGHLY recommend evaluating it if you are looking for a PM tool. - Mark Krynsky
The government doesn't really pay for anything. The question is really should some Americans pay for other American's health insurance. Not sure if it's related, but I'd like to get rid of all the drug commercials. - Chris White
just ask a European. I'm great friends with someone from Ireland that thinks socialized healthcare is the worst option possible. - shaun mclane
OK, more precisely - do you agree with Barack Obama on his health-care proposal: http://www.barackobama.com/iss... - basically the government / tax payers are going to be subsidizing health insurance for cash strapped families. - Bindu Reddy
We have partial socialized health care, which is medicare, but I don't know how well it is going. - seman
I think there should be a minimum of health care US citizens can rely on. However, there are a lot of expensive and optional procedures and drugs that I'm not convinced are in the best interest of the economy. We definitely don't want 90% tax rates. - Chris White
I think that access to basic health care should be considered a basic right, just like access to basic education. I think that all people should be required to have a basic level of health insurance, just like auto insurance, and the gove
